Women’s marchers have odd view of America’s founding

Andrew Burns, Southbury

When I entered kindergarten, I possessed all the biological qualities necessary, and was given routine nutrition and environment, to grow into an adult. The same can be said for the moment I was born. Science has since confirmed the same…

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